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Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Bouteloua Gracilis
Resilient blue grama grass thrives in sunny meadows and parking strips in the western U.S.
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Liatris Aspera
Tall blazing star’s unique flower spikes bring butterflies and bees to eastern U.S. gardens in early autumn
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Helianthus Petiolaris
Short and stunning, prairie sunflower brightens the garden and helps butterflies, birds and more
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Asclepias Incarnata for a Butterfly Garden
Beautiful swamp milkweed makes it easy to help monarchs and other pollinators in eastern U.S. gardens
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Tradescantia Ohiensis Adds Shades of Blue
This reliable, adaptable U.S. native provides spider-like foliage and clusters of blue to purple flowers in Eastern gardens each spring
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Amorpha Canescens
Underused lead plant loves heat, laughs at drought and is truly gorgeous
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Woodland Garden Beauty Polystichum Acrostichoides
Eastern U.S. native Christmas fern is a living decoration in the winter woodland garden
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Spigelia Marilandica
Indian pink is a top hummingbird plant for shady sites
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Low-Maintenance Calliandra Eriophylla
Pink, puffy flowers of pink fairy duster transform the lacy foliage of this desert native in spring
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Lobelia Siphilitica Keeps Its Cool
Great blue lobelia, a flowering native that prefers moist soil, adds a calming blue hue to the late-summer garden
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Serenoa Repens
Saw palmetto provides a carefree ground cover for dry gardens in the Southeast
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